SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Board of Regents moved to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of most of Utah's higher education schools with a three-year contract, as opposed to the customary year-to-year agreements with each of Utah's colleges and universities independently negotiating contracts with the Utah Transit Authority, Deseret News reported.
The change is a response to rate fluctuations for student transit passes. The goal, higher-ed officials told Deseret News, is to smooth out the bumps caused by annual contracts and transit fare increases. For the full story, click here.
Utah Transit, universities adopt collective agreement
Changed from each of Utah's colleges and universities independently negotiating year-to-year with transit agency to collective bargaining on behalf of most of the state’s higher education schools. The goal is to stabilize transit pass pricing.
July 25, 2011
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